Posts from GovConDaily for 05/18/2016

House Appropriations Committee OKs FY 2017 Defense Authorization Bill

The full House Appropriations Committee has cleared by a voice vote a defense policy bill that would allocate $517.1 billion in discretionary budget and $58.6 billion in overseas contingency operations funds for fiscal year 2017…

Vencore, Partners Pursue R&D Project Via Activity-Based Intelligence Method; Mac Curtis Comments

Vencore has unveiled an internal research and development project that utilizes the company’s Activity-Based Intelligence processing and analysis technique. The information, engineering and analytics provider said Tuesday it aims to use the ABI methodology to process and analyze large-scale open-source data as well as accelerate the extraction of actionable intelligence…

Marine Corps Times: USMC Seeks Autonomous Machines for Battlefield Operations

The U.S. Marine Corps plans to conduct field operations alongside a swarm of gun-wielding micro-drones, driverless cars and self-unloading supply aircraft, Marine Corps Times reported Tuesday. Matthew Schehl writes a panel of industry experts discussed at the Sea-Air-Space expo how U…

3M Subsidiary to Deliver 177K Body Armor Plates Under $93M DLA Contract

3M subsidiary Ceradyne will provide 177,000 body armor plates to the U.S. armed forces under a $92.7 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency. The Minnesota-headquartered company said Wednesday the lightweight “enhanced” small arms protective inserts are embedded into tactical vests in efforts to protect military personnel against small-arms fire…

Kevin Kampschroer: GSA Adds Pilot Platform Feature to Real Estate Sustainability Practices Tool

The General Services Administration has updated its real estate sustainability practice tool with a new platform built to aid in product procurement functions vendors and buyers, the agency announced Tuesday…

Lockheed, Indra Demo First-Phase Integration of Radar System for Spain’s F-110 Frigate

Lockheed Martin and Indra have tested a new solid-state, S-band radar system at a facility in New Jersey as part of the first phase of integration ahead of the platform’s installation on Spain’s future F-110 frigate…

Comtech Receives 1-Year DoD Managed Network Services Extension

Comtech Telecommunications has received a $2 million order from the Defense Department to continue network services through May 2017. Stanton Sloane, Comtech president and CEO, said Tuesday that the company will support DoD’s mission critical operations through its managed network services…

DOE to Fund 10 Solar Projects, 5 Military Bases to Join Training Program

The Energy Department will add five military bases to join its solar jobs training program that works to help prepare transitioning service members find careers in the solar industry upon retirement from the military…

Raytheon SeaRAM Missile Defense System Undergoes Navy Tests

Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have evaluated the company’s anti-ship missile defense system in a series of test shots that simulated advanced threat scenarios. During the tests, the SeaRAM system worked to detect two inbound supersonic missiles and launch the Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 guided missiles to intercept the targets, Raytheon said Tuesday…

Meggitt Training Systems Receives Second Delivery Order for Engagement Skills Trainer II System

The U.S. Army‘s program executive Office for simulation and training has awarded Meggitt Training Systems a new $15 million second delivery order for the local and international installation of the company’s Engagement Skill Trainer II system…